Chime.



H. B. KELLER.

GHIME.

APPLIOATION rILED MAY 1a, 1911.

1,012,560. Patented Dec119,1911.

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, II Il! JU Z3 WITNESSES INVENTUH HENRY B. KELLER, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1911.

Application filed May 18, 1911. Serial No. 628,102.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, I-IENRY B. KELLER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Chime, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to chimes and it has for its object to provide onewith a vane and a series oi plates suspended at right angles to thevane, so that the plates will be disposed at all times at an angle tothe direction of the wind.

Another' object of my invention is to provide a plurality of plateswhich are so graduated in size that they will produce the tonesrepresenting the notes of an octave, the plates being flat and lappingeach other in two series, with a bar suspended between the two series ofplates.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the followingcomplete specification, in which the preferred form of the invention isdisclosed.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in all the views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View showingmy improved chime; Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the supportfor the chime members and the bar; and Fig. 3 is a sectional plan viewof the chime members, showing the horizontal bar disposed be tween thetwo series of chime members.

By referring to the drawings it will be seen that a vane 5 is provided,which is linked to a bar 6, the bar 6 being linked to a triangularmember 7, which is normally supported by a chain 8 on a hook 9. Asupport 10, angular in shape in cross section, is connected by the links11 to the vane 5, by which it is supported. The sides of the support 10are provided with two series of upwardly extending flanges 12, the saidflanges being spaced from each other. A series of chimes a, o, e, g, isprovided, each of these chimes a, c, c, g, having an orifice 13, throughwhich cords 14 are disposed, the ends of the chords 141 being securedtogether with the loops disposed over the flanges 12, and at one side ofthe support 10. A second series of chime members b, (l, f, h, isprovided, the second series of chime members also being provided withopenings 13, therethrough, in which are disposed cords 14, the

ends of the cords being looped. The cords in the second series of chimemembers I), (Z, f', 71., are disposed over the flanges 12 on the otherside o1 the support 10.

It will be seen by referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings that the chimemembers, which are flat, are graduated, as to size, the chime member abeing the longest, the chime member b being slightly shorter than thechime member a, the chime member c being' slightly shorter than thechime member b, and so on, the chime member L being the smallest ot' anyof the chime members provided. The chime members in cach of the seriesoverlap each other, the chime member c being disposed against an outeredge of the chime member a, the chime member c being disposed against anouter edge of the chime member c, and the chime member g being disposedagainst an outer edge of the chime member c. In the second series thechime member (l is disposed against an inner edge oit the chime memberI), the chime memf ber j' is disposed against an inner edge of the chimemember (Z, and the chime member h is disposed against an inner edge ofthe chime member f, the several chime members being normally disposedparallel with each other. Disposed between the two series of chimemembers there is a horizontal bar 15, which is supported by cords 1G,the cords 1G being secured to t-he support 10, between its sides. Iprefer to construct the horizontal bar 15 of iron, brass or similarmetal, the said horizontal bar serving as a plumb to prevent the devicefrom being blown out of position as well as affording a metallic memberagainst which the chime members may strike.

The chime members a, o, c, d, e, f, g, L, are preferably constructed ofaluminum of a gage :from twelve to sixteen, of Brown and Sharpe gage.The support 10, as well as the vane 5, and the members 6 and 7, arepreferably constructed of aluminum, to make the device as light aspossible. It will be understood that when the device is hung up, asshown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the wind will blow against the chimemembers a, b, c, cl, e, f, g, 7L, and will cause them to strike againstcach other, and also against the horizontal bar 15, to produce varioustones.

The applicant wishes to point out that not only do the chime members ineach series overlap, but the chime members in one series overlap thechime members in the other series.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1. In a chime a pivoted vane, a series of chime members disposed atright angles to the vane, and means by which the chime members aresupported by the Vane.

2. In a chime a pivoted vane, a series of chime members disposed atright angles to the vane, means by which the chime members are supportedby the vane, and a bar against which the chime members may strike.

3. In a chime a vane, a bar, two chime members, one at each side of thebar, the bar and the chime members being normally disposed at rightangles to the vane, and means by which the chime members and the bar aresupported by the vane.

4. In a chime a pivoted Vane, a chime member, a bar against which thechime member may strike, and means by which the chime member and the barare supported by the vane.

5. In a chime, a series of flat chime members, the chime members beingdisposed lparallel to each other, with their sides extending beyond thesides of neighboring chime members.

6. In a chime two series of chime members the sides of which extendbeyond the sides of neighboring chime members, the chime members beinggraduated in size to produce different tones, and a bar disposed betweenthe two series of chime members.

7. In a chime a series of overlapping chime members which decrease insize in one direction, a second series of overlapping chime memberswhich decrease in size in the opposite direct-ion, and a bar disposedbetween the two series of chime members against which the chime membersmay strike.

8. In a chime a series of parallel chime members the sides of whichextend beyond the sides of neighboring chime members, the chime membersbeing graduated to produce different notes of the musical scale, and abar against which the chime members are adapted to strike.

9. In a chime a series of parallel overlapping chime members which aregraduated in one direction to produce tones representing notes runningup the musical scale, a second series of parallel overlapping chimemembers disposed opposite the Erst-mentioned series of chime members,the second-mentioned series of chime members being graduated in theopposite direction to produce tones representing notes running up themusical scale, and a bar disposed between the two series of chimemembers.

10. In a chime a pivoted vane, a series of parallel chime members thesides of which,

extend beyond the sides of neighboring chime members, the chime membersbeing graduated to produce different tones representing notes of themusical scale, and means by which the chime members are suspended by thevane.

11. In a chime a pivoted vane, a series of parallel chime members thesides of which extend beyond t-he sides of neighboring chime members,the chime members being graduated in one direction to produce tonesrepresenting notes running up the musical scale, a second series ofparallel chime members the sides of which extend beyond the sides ofneighboring chime members, the second series of chime members beingdisposed opposite the first series ofchime members, and being graduatedin the opposite direction to produce tones representing notes running upthe musical scale, and means by which the chime members are suspended bythe vane.

12. In a chime a pivoted vane, a support disposed normally at rightangles to the vane, means by which the support is suspended` from thevane, a series of chime members mounted to swing from one side of thesupport, and a second series of chime members mounted to swing from theother side of the support.

13. In a chime a pivoted vane, a support disposed normally at rightangles to the vane, means by which the support is suspended from thevane, a series of chime members mounted to swing from one side of thesupport, a second series of chime members mounted to swing from theother side of the support, a bar disposed betweenthe two series of chimemembers, and means byl which the bar is suspended from the support.

14. In a chime a pivoted vane, a support disposed normally at rightangles to the vane, means by which the support is suspended from thevane, a series of parallel chime members the sides of which extendVbeyond the sides of neighboring chime members, the chime members beinggraduated in one direction to produce tones representing notes runningup the musical scale, and being mounted to swing from one side of thesupport, and a second series of parallel chime members the sides ofwhich extend beyond the sides of neighboring chime members, and beingdisposed opposite the firstmentioned series of chime members, thesecondseries of chime members being graduated in the opposite direction toproducev from one side of the support, a series of parallel overlappingchime members disposed In testimony whereof I have signed my oppositethe rst-mentioned series of chime name to this specification in thepresence of members and suspended from the othei side two subscribingWitnesses.

of the support, the sides of the chime mem- HENRY B. KELLER. bers in the51st-mentioned series overlap- Witnesses:

ping the sides of the chime members in the OLIVER H. KELLER,second-mentioned series. CARRIE REDEKER, J r.

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